Former Rock director moves on

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Simon Laffin, the former Northern Rock director who helped devise the lender’s rescue strategy, will join healthcare support services firm Assura as chairman in September. Laffin, a former Safeway finance director and Mitchells & Butlers chairman, will succeed Rodney Baker-Bates at Assura. Laffin currently chairs Hozelock Group, is on the boards of marketing group Aegis and property developer Quintain, and advises CVC Capital.